Discount carrier says a merger would be a better path out of bankruptcy for Spirit, which has rebuffed the latest proposal.

Frontier Airlines is attempting for a second time to merge with the now bankrupt Spirit Airlines, which declared bankruptcy late last year as budget airlines struggle.

Frontier is making an offer to acquire the beleaguered Spirit Airlines, which filed for bankruptcy in November.

Budget carrier Frontier Airlines announced on Wednesday that it has made another bid for fellow discount carrier Spirit Airlines, which is in bankruptcy, for an undisclosed sum.

Frontier Airlines has made another bid for Spirit Airlines, but the offer failed to sway the South Florida-based ULCC as it proceeds through a Chapter 11 restructuring.

The Denver-based low-cost carrier said its combination with the Dania Beach, Florida-based Spirit would create a stronger low-cost carrier and benefit “from the very significant synergies Frontier expects to achieve by combining the airlines’ operations.”

Spirit filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in November 2024, six months after a proposed merger with JetBlue collapsed.

Frontier Airlines’ second attempt at acquiring rival Spirit Airlines could impact not only one but two western Pennsylvania airports although the bankrupt air carrier said it preferred to emerge from bankruptcy protection as a standalone carrier.

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On today’s episode we look at the American Eagle crash in Washington, D.C., innovations and shifts in hospitality, and Frontier’s bid for rival Spirit Air.

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